In “Ingrid Goes West” Aubrey Plaza plays the title character, a twenty-something whose mom has recently passed away. Now alone, and without any friends, Ingrid relies on social media (specifically Instagram), for everything – companionship, entertainment, love. She lives through the people she follows and “friends” online. After seeing pictures of a hot new internet […]
Until very recently I thought “The LEGO Movie” and its spinoff “The LEGO Batman Movie” were the most frenetic animated movies I’d ever seen. But a certain superhero origin story, based on books that grade school kids have cherished for two decades, now assumes that title. “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is extremely fast-paced, wild, […]
“Man of Steel” was dull, “Batman v. Superman” was weak, and outside of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, “Suicide Squad” was a major disappointment. But with “Wonder Woman”, DC has finally proven that it can be a worthy competitor to Marvel in the battle for superhero movie supremacy. Gal Gadot’s appearance in the final act […]
The Bernie Madoff story has already been made into several movies. There was the 2010 documentary “Chasing Madoff”. Last year, Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner played Bernie and his wife Ruth in ABC’s two-night miniseries “Madoff”. Now, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer tackle the Madoff roles in HBO’s “The Wizard of Lies”. De Niro […]
I rarely see horror movies. Normally, in a given week, there are much better options in the pool of new releases to check-out (not to mention the fact that the majority of efforts in the genre are generic and unoriginal). But I was intrigued by “Get Out” for a few reasons: The writer/director is Jordan […]
Move over Christopher Nolan (and yeah, I know I’m gonna get blasted for that) – the saga of the Caped Crusader has soared to new heights with this relentlessly faced-paced and intentionally “Dark” spinoff to 2014’s fantastical, and fantastic, “The LEGO Movie”. The opening shot of “The LEGO Batman Movie” is a black screen. Why? […]
I’ve always been fascinated by The Space Race. For me it’s one of the coolest, most interesting chapters in American History. During my Junior year in high school I read The Right Stuff (which focused on the Mercury 7 astronauts and “The New Nine”). In the Summer of 2015, ABC aired the fantastic 10-part miniseries, […]
“A Monster Calls” is one of the most inventive and emotionally raw movies of the year. Just as director J.A. Bayona found bright young talent in Tom Holland (the new Spider-Man) for 2012’s “The Impossible” – he’s found another new star in 14-year-old, Lewis MacDougall. He plays Conor O’Malley, a boy living in England with his mother (Felicity […]
“Fences” began as a 1983 stage play, written by August Wilson. The play was revived in 2010, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis as husband and wife Troy and Rose Maxon, dealing with their challenging family dynamics in 1950’s Pittsburgh. Both earned Tony Awards, as did the play (Best Revival). For this film version (directed […]
While listening to Justin Timberlake’s latest smash-hit “Can’t Stop the Feeling” for the first time six months ago, I had a “feeling”, that the movie it would be featured in was in good hands. As Executive Music Producer and lead voice actor, Timberlake breaks the glass ceiling on the limits of animation with DreamWorks’ answer […]